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UNIQUE TIGER SHARKS DETECTED
A new study of tagged tiger sharks detected off four popular water recreation sites on Maui from October 2013 to April 2019 found
the highest number of the top predators is present
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SHARK BITES AROUND MAUI

SHARK BITES AROUND MAUI
Shark bites documented
Shark bites documented during
during each each month 15
calendar
calendar month from
from1980
1980toto2019:
2019.
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3 Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
4 Sources: Carl Meyer/UH Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology;
Department of Land and Natural Resouces, Division of Aquatic
Resources
SHARK BITES AROUND MAUI
Shark bites documented
during each calendar month 15
from 1980 to 2019.
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Sources: Carl Meyer/UH Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology;

Department of Land and Natural Resouces, Division of Aquatic
Resources

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New research By Mindy Pennybacker
mpennybacker@staradvertiser.com
presume was the same shark made
a pass near the surface, and I could
the HIMB team detected many more
of the predators per day in Maui wa-
shows the ocean

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tell now it was a tiger shark and I ters than in Oahu waters.
n the sunny morning of Dec. was excited because I’d always With funding from the federal Pa-
predators are more 3, in clear waters about 200 wanted to see one,” Gaston said. cific Islands Ocean Observing Sys-
prevalent in Maui yards off Kihei, Maui, AJ Gas- “I knew they swam through that
ton was stand-up paddle- area a lot.”
tem and the state Department of
Land and Natural Resources’ Divi-
waters during the boarding at the edge of the He still wasn’t concerned, Gaston sion of Aquatic Resources, the team
reef when he spotted a shark about said, but that was about to change. had tagged 41 tiger sharks off Maui
winter months, 30 feet below the surface. In the past 20 years, Maui has had and Oahu. The tracking data also
but there’s no “I wasn’t concerned, because I
grew up around the water and have
about twice the number of shark
bites as any other Hawaiian island,
found that off western and southern
Maui, where Kihei is located and
correlation between seen plenty of sharks, which never according to Carl Meyer and Kim where most attacks occur, tiger
acted aggressively,” said the 52-year- Holland, researchers at the Hawai‘i sharks were present more than 80%
numbers and bites
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oldSHARK
Tacoma, Wash.,
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AROUND and MAUIInstitute of Marine Biology in the of the time.
Alaska Airlines pilot, who regularly School of Ocean and Earth Science New research by Holland and
Sharkduring
paddles bites documented
layovers on Maui. and Technology at the University of
duringtwo
About each calendar
minutes month
later, “what15
I Hawaii at Manoa. A 2016 study by Please see SHARKS, M8
from 1980 to 2019.
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